Welcome to the site dedicated to lute and guitar music. The theme of the lute is mainly touched upon as an undeservedly forgotten instrument, which was the ancestor of not only the classical guitar, but also many other stringed instruments.

The site contains information about all aspects of lute music, such as history, instruments and their various types, composers and performers from different countries and times. There is also a CD review with listening, theory, access to a huge library of sheet music, tablature and ancient manuscripts, a gallery of paintings from eras associated with the lute, videos of various performers, etc.

The "Classical Guitar Page" section contains information about the history of the guitar in Russia and in the world, information about Russian and foreign performers, classics of guitar music, classical guitar in jazz, rock and pop music, as well as an extensive library of classical guitar sheet music.

On the home page, listen to on-line radio 24x7, watch videos, and other interesting information.

24 hours a day, listen on-line lute music. On-line player opens in a small popup window. You can continue to browse the site, listening to the lute. PLAY >>

It consists of selected video including: Lute Duo, Ensemble Tanedores, Hopkinson Smith, Andreas Martin, Julian Bream, Jonas Nordberg and many others. LOOK >>

Page about the musicians, early music ensembles, musical instrument artisan living in Russia or abroad. MORE >>

Educational project of the Russian luteists Andrei Chernyshov and Marina Belova. The main goal of the School is to expand the knowledge of amateur and professional musicians in the field of music of the XVI-XVIII centuries for early plucking instruments: lutes, baroque guitars, vihuels.

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The book has 74 pages, and there are 40 mp3 files.

It is the sum of many years researching and performing Scottish lute, cittern and guitar music.
The key thing is the performances.

There is a continuity of style and technique going back nearly 1,000 years, which I have brought to the modern nylon and steel-strung guitar.

As I say in the Introduction, this is more Scottish than 'Celtic'. MORE >>

It is the most mysterious musical instrument concerning the history. It is a lot of disputes, but anybody plainly cannot explain two hundred year's history of a seven-stringed guitar. Who was the founder of this instrument?, sources of occurrence?, etc.

We hope, that this page will explain much and will promote revival of this remarkable musical instrument.

On this page you will find a vast collection of tutorials, manuals and notes for seven-string guitar (Free Download). MORE >>